About Alison
Alison Baker is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who uses practical therapies to help people facing anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She draws on 13 years of clinical experience to offer straightforward, usable tools for day-to-day coping. Alison speaks English and works with clients remotely, including international clients.
Her work focuses on clear steps that people can try between sessions. She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and cognitive behavioral techniques to lower distress and improve choices.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve setting small goals, practicing new thinking patterns, and noticing what matters most. Alison pays attention to how past hurts shape current reactions. She helps people untangle patterns tied to abandonment, attachment wounds, grief, and trauma.
That often means naming old habits, testing new ways of relating, and building safer responses to stress. She also supports practical concerns like career stress, money worries, parenting strain, and chronic illness. Work with her typically includes problem-solving, communication practice, and strategies to manage mood swings or impulsive urges.
People who prefer flexible session styles can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Alison explains options, matches the approach to each person’s needs, and helps set clear next steps for change.
Approaches in online sessions that help you move forward
Alison commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy during online work. ACT focuses on clarifying values and taking action toward them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present; it can help with anxiety, low mood, and feeling stuck. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behavior interact and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms like panic or depression.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. That perspective helps when trust, abandonment concerns, or repeated relationship problems are central. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process; the therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which strategies match their goals, needs, and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and skills practice when face-to-face contact matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can fit busy days, provide ongoing reflection between sessions, and make it easier to keep momentum. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people maintain steady progress around work and home life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English